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Word in on how to participate in the drawing of new Snohomish County council districts based on recently released U S Census data. Everett, Washington is in County Council District 2. The Snohomish County Districting Committee has released preliminary draft council district maps based on the 2020 Census data.  The Districting Committee is eager to […]

The 9 member Everett Districting Commission has completed their work and decided on a final layout of the five City Council Districts that will take effect next year. Next week the Everett City Council is expected to accept the District Map but one potential candidate isn’t waiting to announce her intention to run for District […]

From the beginning of the discussions on Everett City Council Districts folks in the Delta Neighborhood and the Riverside areas of Everett, Washington expressed a desire to be separate from the Northwest Neighborhood. Based on the proposed map being offered by the Everett Districting Commission that is not the case Neighbors are now organizing a […]

If you’ve followed the discussion and vote over City Council Districts in Everett, Washington and want to serve on the committee that has final authority on their makeup, here is your chance. Community members interested in helping Everett transition to district elections for City Council can apply to serve on the City’s District Commission. Applications will be […]

While the folks at Everett Districts Now may not have collected enough signatures to get their districting measure on the fall ballot as an initiative they did manage to score a victory in getting the Everett City Council to place a districting measure before voters this fall. It wasn’t exactly a complete victory as the […]

Now that the public outreach meetings are over the City of Everett has launched an online survey to get residents opinions on how they think Everett City Council districts should look. There are several options with the questions and almost always an “other” option so you can provide your own take and description of what […]

It likely won’t be the only City Council District measure on next fall’s ballot but it looks like the City of Everett proposal will come from a committee of nine. Seven people each hand selected by a current City Council member, one member chosen by the Mayor and the ninth chosen by the other eight […]

At a standing room only public hearing tonight the Everett City Council heard from 34 people in favor of putting the Districts Now proposal for council districts on the November ballot and 3 people who were against the idea. Currently all seven Everett City Council positions are at large. The plan in question would change […]

With the recent announcement by the Everett City Council Government Committee that they disagree with the idea of council districts, the effort by others to get city council districts on the ballot for voter consideration continues. One of the first to bring up the city council district plan is Megan Dunn. She first approached city […]